The Butchart Gardens are an absolutely beautiful 55 acre plot of colorful land made up of 5 gorgeous gardens and a few ponds and fountains. The gardens are on Vancouver Island in Canada's British Columbia, just outside the historic city of Victoria. My mom and I had a day in Victoria as part of our Seattle to Alaska cruise in May, and visiting the gardens was a perfect way to spend our excursion time! There's an official Norwegian excursion to the gardens, but we have family there, so they drove us from Victoria's port to the gardens and showed us